Tag Archives: Irish Culture
Taoiseach urged to make last worthwhile act in office… re-route M3
Bertie Ahern has been asked to re-route the M3 motorway away from the Hill of Tara as one of his last acts in office. A petition containing almost 40,000 names was handed into the Department of the Taoiseach which … Continue reading
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The Gaelic Inquisition. Killing Me Softly – Not!
When it comes to the Irish language there really are some insecure B.S. artists out there! I recently had the misfortune of having a conversation with an old-school Irish speaker – Correct grammar was all important and the occasional English … Continue reading
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In the Name of the Fada – Ashamed!
It took me a little while to take to RTE’s “In the Name of the Fada” which sees American comedian Des Bishop in a bid to become a fluent Irish speaker. Last nights show, featured him returning to America to … Continue reading
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Lukworth Links! April 9th, 2008
More Than Scratch The Suface is a really informative site by Stephin Cronin for bloggers of all levels… some nice pluggins available too! Maria Horan offers an interesting perspective on the state of the Irish language. And MacKozer’s Irish diary … Continue reading
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Lukworth Links! March 5th, 2008
Win an Apple iPod Music player: “Safer Driving” Competition… On the other Blog I write (in the interest of honesty)! Tom Raftery asks “Why Blog?” the IWTC conference. Lifehacker gives the lowdown on open source application GmailAssistant which monitors multiple … Continue reading
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Tara destruction… Government on road to ruin
This week an Irish Post poll showed more than 80 per cent of respondents were in favour of halting all construction of new roads around the historic site. In one of the largest responses ever received more than 3,000 people … Continue reading
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Irish Language: Sign The Petition, Stop The Threat!
Lá Nua, the Irish language newspaper is under threat of closure after having been published for more than twenty years. This would come as yet another loss to Irish heritage… It seems that in a time when the Irish … Continue reading
